New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-05

VI lis aU1llGy. he uOeS nOG claim TO De
infallible, and will welcome any COM
munications that may enlighten him as
to the wickedness of his ways. 10 the
readers of the REVIEW he extends a
hearty greeting, with the assurance that
he will endeavor to win their favor by
conscientious work.
1t seems that Judge E. T. Wilder of
Redwing has given some unusually pro.
found thought to the saloon question.
He objects to the saloon not as place
where a man can get drink, but as a
social resort where ''loafers, card-play-
ers and loungers'' assemble and treat
one another. Recognizing, at the same
time, the difficulty ofsecuring conviction
under present laws for the regulation of
the liquor traffic, Judge Wilder offers
the following novel suggestion: LET
the law provide in plain and unmistake-
able terms that no licensed dealer shall
use or occupy, directly or indirectly, in
connection with his saloon department
more than the one room in which his
bar is situated: that there shall, in that
room, be neither chair, stool, seats nor
table, nor furniture of any sort, so that
customers, while there. must of neces-
sity stand. = The presence of chair or
table, which, as the Psosaeer-Press OBJ
serves ''cannot be pocketed or hustled
out of sight upon a moments warn
ing" would greatly facilitate convic.
ton under such law. In our opinion.
however, the primary object of regulat-
ing the liqnor traffic is not the convic-
ton of the greatest possible number of
saloon-keepers, but the abatement of
the actual evils of intemperence. We
do not believe in any reforms that will
:, compel respectable men to conform
b outwardly to the habits of the whisky
q guzzler. 1t is a we'll known fact that
y the habitual drunkard in most cases
ID fills up directly at The bar, while the
ngsnore respectable eleme Mt will be found
d tseated at tables, conversing, reading,
y or, if they choose, playing at cards. A
game at cards that would not be object
ed to in the family circle, cannot be i'm
proper in public and does not convert
a saloon into a granddaughter. The
difference between the card-player and
gambler is analogous to that between a
White man and a rogue. In all pre-
ventive legislation, every tub should
stanu on its own bottom. Let the law
cleanse the saloons from drunkenness
and roguery, instead of expanding it's
force in the removal of harmless chairs
and tables. No restrictions in the form
OF high license will accomplish this.
High license will not wipe out the evils
resulting from the liqur traffic; in re-
ducing the number of saloons it will
simply cause the survival of the veal
thiest, not of the fittest. Legislation
attempting to lessen the danger from
boiler explosions by requiring engineers
tie purchase $1,000 license, would be
deemed prepesterous. There are many,
however, who seem to think that this
principle would work wonders when
applied to the licencing Of the saloon
: keeper. They forget that the respect
ability of a saloon depends upon the
responsibility of its owner and his SER
& wants. and that money can IN no case
mend defects of character. A little
legislation in the line of establishing
certain qualifications of character, in.
teligence and age as prerequisite to OBJ
tanning license, with corresponding
!. provisions for its forfeiture and a clause
4 limiting the number Of licenses accor-
ding to population, would certainly do
lGsome good. while high license would
mimplY tend toward Capitalization Of
acknowledged evils.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has
filed another opinion in the celebrated
Chauncy- Wass tax title case, in which
the position taken in former opinions Is
sustained The defects Of our.tax law
laid bare by this decision afford amply
opportunity for some Of cur Legislators
to exercise their ingenuity. B
The Sii61ey County Independent says
that s. terrible love-feast Is going on
\ between the lie Sueur News. New Tim
Review and Mortified News, and All On
account of an oil inspectorshi5 There
must beaa mistake somewheres For the